Overview
- A magnitude 6.1 quake struck in the sea off the Kanto region near Tokyo at 7:39 p.m. local time on Friday, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.
- India’s National Centre for Seismology and other agencies located the epicentre at about 35.087°N, 142.254°E and measured a depth of roughly 40 kilometres.
- The Japan Meteorological Agency assigned a seismic intensity of 3 on its 0–7 scale, meaning most people indoors felt the tremor and unsecured items may have rattled.
- No tsunami warning was issued and there were no immediate confirmed reports of casualties or major damage as officials continued to monitor the situation.
- Japan sits on multiple tectonic plate boundaries and records many quakes each year, so authorities and seismologists remain alert for possible aftershocks and localized impacts to infrastructure and coastal activity.